[rcheshire (Rowland)]

Hello iceinspace members.

I've been dabbling in astrophotograpy for a while, on-and-off, using a double arm drive, with limited success. But I've been bitten by the bug and want to improve the results I am currently getting.

I'm looking at buying an Orion EON 80mm apochromatic refractor, mainly because the cost of DSLR lenses is very high and the Orion seems built for the job at a fraction of the cost, according to the reviews. It seems that I will also need a motorised equatorial mount. I have a very cheap Alt/Az GoTo that I received as a gift and don't want to double up with an EQ GoTo. I'm looking for mount with good tracking capability. Trading off good drive quality, rather than lots of features for the same price - say, a single axis drive.

Any suggestions as to a good quality EQ drive that will suit the Orion scope.